Policy & safetyPolicy / regulationPolicy & Regulation1 source · Oct 16, 2026

“thegentlemanpervert” producing AI CSAM is a NJ prosecutor, say cops

New Jersey’s deputy attorney general, Brian Richard Fitzgerald, was arrested on “felony charges related to AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM),” Bucks County Detectives said in a press release Thursday.

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Key points

  • In the US, cops have vowed to crack down on AI CSAM since at least 2024, when the Department of Justice made one of the earliest arrests.
  • After charging a Wisconsin man with spreading “thousands of realistic images of prepubescent minors” across Telegram and Instagram, the DOJ clarified to law enforcement that “CSAM generated by AI is still CSAM.”
  • New Jersey’s deputy attorney general, Brian Richard Fitzgerald, was arrested at his home Thursday.
  • On Thursday, New Jersey officials accused 51-year-old Fitzgerald of using AI to make photos from social media of real minors into sexualized images that he then distributed on social media.

Sources (1)

  • [1]“thegentlemanpervert” producing AI CSAM is a NJ prosecutor, say cops
    Ars Technica: AI · Oct 16, 08:20 PM
    New Jersey’s deputy attorney general, Brian Richard Fitzgerald, was arrested on “felony charges related to AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM),” Bucks County Detectives said in a press release Thursday.
    In the US, cops have vowed to crack down on AI CSAM since at least 2024, when the Department of Justice made one of the earliest arrests.

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